in 2008, but in the end, she lost the democratic nomination to barack obama. when clinton bowed out, she acknowledged she wasn t able to quote shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling unquote, but that her supporters had put about 18 million cracks in it. at the time, polls suggested americans were more ready for a black president than woman president. fast forward four years and there were high expectations for michele bachmann in the beginning in her birth state. she entered the race as a tea party favorite. became the first woman to win the straw poll in august. unfortunately for bachmann, that was a high point of her campaign. she finished sixth yesterday. got just 5% of the vote. she didn t win a single l one of her home state s counties. michele bachmann had been sliding in the polls since the summer in iowa as evangelicals and social conservatives jumped ship. bachmann s campaign was also marked by end fighting and a
by our election team and around the country and the world. stand by to learn more about edith and carolyn, who solved the case of the missing votes. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. so long, iowa, hello, new hampshire. the republican presidential candidates are zeroing in on the next battlefield and a big primary coming up on tuesday. the front-runner, mitt romney, is following up his squeaker win in iowa with a new endorsement from senator john mccain who beat him in the new hampshire primary four years ago. several of romney s opponents also are in new hampshire right now. but rick perry says he s heading south. he sent out a tweet today saying here we come, south carolina. and a photo from his morning run confirming he s staying in the race despite his poor showing in iowa. michele bachmann made a very different decision, ending her presidential bid today after a crushing defeat in the state where she was born. rick santorum lands in new hampshire later
issue here in new hampshire. today, as you pointed out, he did pick up a big, big boost from an endorsement from his former rival, john mccain. very popular here in the granite state. he beat george w. bush in 2000. also beat romney in 2008, but today, he said he was here to help new hampshire quote catapult romney to victory. our message, the president barack obama is you can run, but you can t hide from your record of making this country bankrupt from destroying our national security and to making this nation one that we have to restore with mitt romney as president of the united states of america. now, newt gingrich, who took a lot of hits from romney in iowa, was one of the first to land here defiant as ever, painted himself as the true conservative and referring to romney as the timid moderate
needs to if it gets him a victory, but the folk who is supported sarah palin and liked michele bachmann in the beginning and liked donald trump. we seemed to be attracted to the person who wants to get down and dirty even if they say he s a birther just to get the votes. doesn t mitt romney need the pow that people possess even if it s not legitimate? you are exactly right, but they like the anger directed at barack obama. if you see him wailing on newt gingrich, that can give him problems tochl a lot of republicans, newt gingrich is seen as a real warrior in the conservative fight. let me bring you in on this. people are not afraid to take on newt gingrich. i top the play what ron paul had to say as well as michele bachmann. i think that he is getting a